
Which Sail to Reef First?
by Peter Nielsen, Posted June 18, 2013Which sail should you reef first when the wind gets up—your genoa or mainsail?
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Favorite Weekend Cruise: Great Salt Lake
by Lance Fairbanks, Posted June 18, 2013Imagine sailing 4,198 feet above sea level on a lake that’s saltier than the ocean and larger than the state of Rhode Island—a lake where sudden storms erupt from nearby mountains and conditions shift from glassy to gale-force in an instant.
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SAIL's Tip of the Week
by SAIL Editors, Posted June 18, 2013It doesn’t matter how scrupulous you are about keeping your heads compartment clean if you leave your intake hose and toilet bowl filled with seawater when you leave the boat.
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Viewpoint: Boarded and Belittled
by Paul Calder, Posted June 17, 2013On the first morning of our trip from Miami to Bimini we were “pulled over” by a speedboat full of heavily armed Customs and Border Protection agents. At the time, three friends and I were sailing away from the United States at a stately two-and-a-half knots and were still within 10 miles of Miami.
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